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Hello,
Please follow the video tutorial I have prepared for you,
exactly step by step:
http://www.amibroker.com/video/ib.html
TO answer your questions:
1. No
2. It does not really matter as long as you use correct symbol.
ESU5-GLOBEX-FUT is correct.
Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "tasuki_lpf" <tasuki_lpf@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 5:11 AM
Subject: [amibroker] Re: no symbol showing, plus two other questions please help
> I'm not sure I was perfectly clear in that last message. In your
> instructions (message #85210) you said "After creating new database
> with Ib plugin just select Symbol->New and enter (for example): ESM5-
> GLOBEX-FUT". If I remember correctly, there used to be,
> under "symbol" in "Workspace" the word "New" with a "+" next to it.
> I'm pretty sure that's what I saw. Well, that "New" and its "+" sign
> are gone now, so I have no way to enter a new symbol. What do I do?
>
> Separately, I would really appreciate an answer to my earlier
> questions:
>
> 1) Is it necessary to have the symbol for whatever you want to trade
> (for example, the ES emini) displayed in TWS when you want to look
> at a chart of the ES in Amibroker? I hope that I am being clear here.
>
> 2) On your web page, http://www.amibroker.com/ib.html, you discuss
> Symbology, and mention something about "symbol mode" vs. "underlying
> mode". Is it necessary to use one or the other mode when you link
> TWS to Amibroker?
>
> Thanks, Taz
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "tasuki_lpf" <tasuki_lpf@xxxx>
> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> In message below, you said to go to view->intraday->one minute.
> So
>> I tried to do that, but every option was greyed out. I suspect
> that
>> this is because my ESU5-GLOBEX-FUT is no longer showing in the box
>> labeled "symbols" under "Workspace" which I explained in the rest
> of
>> my previous message. I'm not sure why the symbol I typed in
>> disappeared, but it did. If I tab over to "layouts" or "layers"
>> or "charts" there are lists of things to click on, but
>> under "symbols" the entire box is blank. I'm not sure why, but I'm
>> guessing that this is the first problem I need to solve. Please
>> explain what to do. Thanks, Taz
>>
>>
>>
>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko"
> <amibroker@xxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > "I got an error message something about not enough bars or data
> or
>> something"
>> >
>> > This is not really an error message but information that you
> should
>> > read carefully. It says: Not enough data available, to plot any
>> chart at least 3 data bars are need but there are only x bars in
>> > ESU5-GLOBEX-FUT".
>> >
>> > This is important to read what is written on the screen.
>> > It clearly says that you need at least 3 data bars.
>> > For example if your viewing interval is set to DAILY, you need
> at
>> least THREE DAYS OF DATA.
>> >
>> > So if you just added symbol you may not have 3 days yet.
>> >
>> > What should you do?
>> >
>> > All you need to do is to switch to some intraday
>> > viewing interval View->Intraday->1 minute (or 1-tick if you are
>> using Professional version)
>> > so 3 minutes worth of data is enough to show a chart.
>> >
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Tomasz Janeczko
>> > amibroker.com
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "tasuki_lpf" <tasuki_lpf@xxxx>
>> > To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 8:49 PM
>> > Subject: [amibroker] thanks, next set of questions
>> >
>> >
>> > > Thanks, Tomasz. It didn't work, but I think I'm making
> progress.
>> I
>> > > plugged in: ESU5-GLOBEX-FUT and I got an error message,
> something
>> > > about not enough bars or data or something. Unfortunately, I
>> thought
>> > > the problem was I needed to have the same symbol present in
> the
>> TWS,
>> > > so I added it, and nothing changed. Thinking that I had to
> close
>> and
>> > > reopen Amibroker for the changes to take effect, I closed and
>> > > reopened, Amibroker, and to my surprise, the area
> under "Symbols"
>> > > in "the box "Workspace" is not completely blank.
>> > >
>> > > Questions:
>> > >
>> > > 1) Nothing at all under "symbols" when I reopened Amibroker. No
>> > > place to re-enter the ESU5-GLOBEX-FUT. What do I do now? How
> do
>> I re-
>> > > enter the symbol? Why did this whole window go completely
> blank?
>> > >
>> > > 2) Was I correct in assuming that I needed the ESU5 showing on
>> TWS
>> > > in order to get the data from IB?
>> > >
>> > > 3) For Amibroker to work with IB, does it matter if I am
>> > > in "underlying" mode or "symbol" mode?
>> > >
>> > > Many thanks, Taz
>> > >
>> > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko"
>> <amibroker@xxxx>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >> Hello,
>> > >>
>> > >> After creating new database with IB plugin just select
>> > >>
>> > >> Symbol->New
>> > >>
>> > >> And enter (for example):
>> > >>
>> > >> ESM5-GLOBEX-FUT
>> > >>
>> > >> Then go to Workspace, Symbols, and select this symbol from
> the
>> list
>> > >> and chart will be displayed automatically.
>> > >>
>> > >> Similar procedure for eSignal plugin is shown in the video:
>> > >> http://www.amibroker.com/video/esignal.html
>> > >>
>> > >> (IB setup is similar except data source is different)
>> > >>
>> > >> Best regards,
>> > >> Tomasz Janeczko
>> > >> amibroker.com
>> > >> ----- Original Message -----
>> > >> From: "tasuki_lpf" <tasuki_lpf@xxxx>
>> > >> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > >> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 12:12 AM
>> > >> Subject: [amibroker] setting up Ami with IB
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> >I followed the instructions in the link:
>> > >> > http://www.amibroker.com/ib.html
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Everything seemed to be going OK until I got to the part
>> > >> > entitled "Symbology". The instructions gave a lengthy
>> > > description of
>> > >> > stuff I have can't understand at all. How is this
> important? I
>> > > just
>> > >> > want to trade the emini futures, and I still can't figure
> out
>> > > how to
>> > >> > get Amibroker to show me a chart of, well, anything. It
> would
>> > > have
>> > >> > been really helpful if the instructions had given some
>> > > explanation of
>> > >> > why the discussion of "Symbology" mattered. Sorry, folks,
> but
>> > > I'm
>> > >> > completely lost. I followed the instructions down to the
> part
>> > > where
>> > >> > you run Amibroker, choose File-> New database, and then
> fill
>> in
>> > > the
>> > >> > appropriate boxes. My Amibroker has "CONN" in a green box
> at
>> the
>> > >> > bottom right corner, which I gather means that it's
> connected
>> to
>> > > my
>> > >> > TWS. But I can't figure out what to do next. How to I get
>> > > Amibroker to
>> > >> > show me a chart of the S&P eminis (ES) or the Nasdaq eminis
>> > > (NQ)? What
>> > >> > do I do next? Thanks. Taz
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Please note that this group is for discussion between users
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>> > >> >
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>> > >> >
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